As the old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a young girl ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them back into the sea. Finally, catching up to the youth, he asked her why she was doing this. The answer was that stranded starfish would die in the morning sun. "But the beach goes on for miles and there are millions of starfish" countered the other. "How can your effort make any difference?" The young girl looked at the starfish in her hand and then threw it safely into the waves. "It makes a difference to this one", she said. Anonymous |
THE STARFISH |
(The theme of many of the medical teams) |
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